An honor for Sox adviser

November 17, 2003|By Bonnie DeSimone.

Special White Sox adviser and former general manager Roland Hemond received baseball's equivalent of the lifetime achievement Oscar last weekend: the 12th annual Branch Rickey Award, honoring "individuals in baseball who contribute unselfishly to their community and who are strong role models for others." Hemond, 73, previously has had awards named after him by the White Sox, for community service, and the Society of American Baseball Research (SABR), for service to scouting. He also is president of the Association of Professional Ballplayers of America (APBPA), which helps former and current players and personnel in need.